{"product_id":"9781906497750","title":"Trust: Money, Markets and Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eMutual trust is an essential element of a globalized economy, and a market economy without trust leads only to further disaster. If we want to ensure future stability, Geoffrey Hosking argues that we must first understand the characteristics of this trust relationship—and to that end he provides tools to seek out where socio-economic trust has been misplaced and where it can be strengthened positively for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial and economic trust in the United Kingdom and the United States waned in the 1990s and exploded into a major crisis of economic distrust in the form of the credit crunch that began in 2007. The crisis, argues Hosking in \u003ci\u003eTrust\u003c\/i\u003e, was the result of a bubble of trust misplaced in financial markets and state welfare systems by individuals, companies, and governments alike. He carefully and approachably explains that the roots of this crisis go back more than three centuries, but its symptoms greatly intensified as governments deregulated financial markets in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Among the most enlightening and informative accounts of what has already been one of the most amazing peaceful revolutions in modern times.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, on Hosking’s \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening of the Soviet Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most useful and reliable guide to the chaos of the current Soviet Union. . . . Hosking’s grasp of the overall picture of the Soviet Union and of its history is solid and uncluttered.”—\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e on Hosking’s \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening of the Soviet Union\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047298318576,"sku":"9781906497750","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906497750_p0.jpg?v=1763617440","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906497750","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}